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Positive disruption is one of the most difficult things for us to understand, says Bozoma Saint John, chief marketing officer of Endeavor, in her talk at Leadercast 2020—Positive Disruption. “How do you do it in a way that will make you better without affecting and truly negatively disrupting everything around you?” she asks. For her, positive disruption means constantly challenging her interactions with people and her career. *Click 'Comments' and discuss below* Innovate YourselfYou should always be working to better yourself, even if you’re in the spotlight where your mistakes are out there for everyone to see. The spotlight is an opportunity to always put your best foot forward, says Bozoma, but it shouldn’t deter you from evolving and stepping outside of your comfort zone.
*Click 'comments' and join the discussion below* Listen to Your Inner VoiceBozoma advises leaders to lean on their guts in their decision-making. In her experience making decisions in the spotlight, she’s learned to really depend on and trust her inner voice. “When you are trying to make a decision, or you’re trying to pivot, or you’re trying to evolve, the best advice is your own,” she explains. Seek counsel from mentors, parents or friends, but at the end of the day, it’s all about what you want to do.
In the beginning of the video Bozoma mentions that she calls herself a bad-ass often. She's kind of her own 'hype-man".
Showcase Your Authentic Self“If you are authentically and wholly yourself as you enter spaces, you will positively disrupt those spaces,” says Bozoma. She uses the example of DNA to illustrate her point: When one strand of DNA is different from the rest, it changes the matter all together. When leaders show up as their authentic selves, that is positive disruption in and of itself.
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What do Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Simon Sinek and Brené Brown have in common? They all understand the power of community, or “belongship” as Sangram Vajre defines it in his talk at Leadercast 2020—Positive Disruption. “The best of the best leaders in the business world, and the world of influence, understand [belongship] and implement it,” he says. “Without a community, you are simply a commodity.” Belongship is about creating a community based on trust, safety and care, and the way to achieve that on your team is to have the following four key attributes. *Click 'Comments' and discuss below* Paint a picture of success.This is the ability to paint a clear picture of where exactly you are headed. “[As a leader, you] need to create a Promise Land, a picture of success, so clear that people will run through walls for you,” explains Sangram. It must be a clear picture, otherwise there will be a lack of clarity that will cause confusion.
*Click 'comments' and join the discussion below* Have extreme focus.“You’ve got to own the narrative that you want to have in the marketplace, and that happens when you are extremely focused on that one thing that is your greatest differentiator,” he says. Once you figure out what that is, you can be a disruptor.
*Click 'comments' and join the conversation below* Be authentic.Authenticity creates trust, and Sangram explains that trust is a force multiplier for an organization’s success. “When you win the hearts and minds of people, their wallets automatically start opening up because you care,” he shares.
*Click 'comments' and join the discussion* Put kindness above everything else.Kindness sounds soft, but it’s actually the one thing you should double down on because it is a basic human need, says Sangram. The positive disruptors of this world are the ones who put people first.
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As John Maxwell says, “Leadership is influence—nothing more, nothing less.” So it should come as no surprise that leaders are key influencers of behavior change. “All leaders— the service that is leadership—exist to change behavior,” says Matt Wallaert, behavioral scientist and entrepreneur, in his talk at Leadercast 2020—Positive Disruption. He shares that behavior change happens as a result of promoting pressures (reasons to do something) and inhibiting pressures (reasons not to do something). As leaders, if we want to influence and change behaviors, we can either strengthen promoting pressures or weaken inhibiting pressures. *Click 'Comments' and discuss below* |
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